[Charts & Rankings] NEXT LEVEL Official Sales & Positions Thread II ~the opening Run~

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by kendelle

C'mon guys, don't be so down about the sales....it's not like we only listen to Ayu because her albums shift in excess of 1mil copies =|

She's still selling ok with the little promotion she's done. When the USBs come and her tour starts I'm sure she'll see better sales

regardless of her sales, I don't intend to stop listening to her as long as I like her music. I don't only listen to people who sell (I mean I am a huge fan of Hitomi Shimatani and we all know that Japan generally doesn't care about her).

[SolarAngel]

Originally Posted by kendelle

C'mon guys, don't be so down about the sales....it's not like we only listen to Ayu because her albums shift in excess of 1mil copies =|

She's still selling ok with the little promotion she's done. When the USBs come and her tour starts I'm sure she'll see better sales

I agree the sales doesn't affect our enjoyment of the album and the songs. It's just that i get an additional kick out of seeing her sell by the truckloads But at least ayu's had her time and now she's a steady presence in the Japanese music scene. Think the USBs will give it an extra 10k at the most but it's better than nothing. Looking forward to the tracklist for the tour.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

her sales are fine!!


im sooo looking forward the tour *-*

[Kobayashiwoof]

People shouldn't be blaming her company on the poor performance of this album.

Ayumi can clearly choose who, what, when, why and how she wants to do things regarding her career since she is a veteran practically.

She managed to stay some-what relevant for her 11 years, which is am impressive feat or any person in the entertainment industry world wide.

Most people are just going to her shows for her classics and to be entertained, not for her latest CD.

Mind you her quality has been more than lacking. I find NEXT LEVEL kinda gross after listeing to her old albums like LOVEppears, I Am, Memorial Address and even MU.

[ayumisrael]

^Thank you =D

Originally Posted by Kobayashiwoof

People shouldn't be blaming her company on the poor performance of this album.

Ayumi can clearly choose who, what, when, why and how she wants to do things regarding her career since she is a veteran practically.

She managed to stay some-what relevant for her 11 years, which is am impressive feat or any person in the entertainment industry world wide.

Most people are just going to her shows for her classics and to be entertained, not for her latest CD.

Mind you her quality has been more than lacking. I find NEXT LEVEL kinda gross after listeing to her old albums like LOVEppears, I Am, Memorial Address and even MU.

No one here really blame anyone, we just discussed what made the lack for promotion.

About the album, ayu being experimental with electro songs and the correlation of sales drop is really not surprising, at least ayu's daring and evolving.
And (miss)understood is nowhere near NEXT LEVEL (imo).

Also it's funny that people go to see only classics with tours that have got new albums titles, (and this one is ~NEXT LEVEL~ and it's ayu's longest). oh well.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

No one here really blame anyone, we just discussed what made the lack for promotion.

About the album, ayu being experimental with electro songs and the correlation of sales drop is really not surprising, at least ayu's daring and evolving.
And (miss)understood is nowhere near NEXT LEVEL (imo).

Also it's funny that people go to see only classics with tours that have got new albums titles, (and this one is ~NEXT LEVEL~ and it's ayu's longest). oh well.

はい！

I agree!!

[Lanz16]

2->2->2->2->2 - Hamasaki Ayumi - 8,161 + 8,939 + 7209 + 5759 + 5280 = 35340

STUCKED! X3

[keikeiaznqueen]

Woah, so Ayu's become much more relaxed than before. I think that's really interesting, what brought about her change in her image and all.

I hope NEXT LEVEL sales will continue in this way for the next few weeks. Around 40k for the next few weeks. XD

And how come DCT got such a large rise in sales in the last 2 days? It wasn't a weekend boost either. They had some kind of specific successful promotion? Ayu's sales on the other hand dropped for the last 2 days.

[Chef+Vanny]

12k suddenly popped out for DCT
any significant event that is accounted for the rise in sale?

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Chef+Vanny

12k suddenly popped out for DCT
any significant event that is accounted for the rise in sale?

there was a TV show that featured them, look a few pages back. Oh well seems it won't sell more than 40k this week. So I guess 300k is near.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

there was a TV show that featured them, look a few pages back. Oh well seems it won't sell more than 40k this week. So I guess 300k is near.

Well there are still 2 more days and the actual sales of the first week were almost +13,000 from the estimated total number so it might get another few thousands =D.
Maybe 45,000?

[~Inori~]

To see the difference in sales.

1->1->1->1->1 - DREAMS COME TRUE - 8,896 + 9,259 + 8,132 + 12,249 + 10,826 = 49,362
2->2->2->2->2 - Hamasaki Ayumi - 8,161 + 8,939 + 7,209 + 5,759 + 5,280 = 35,348

[~Inori~]

Someone said it was because they were on NHK songs, or something like that.

[koumori]

Well, she's keeping firmly to #2! <3

Go Ayu-chan! ^___^

[jbrat2219]

Looks like she's firmly planted at #2!

[rakeru]

i'm wondering whether it's Ayu who's declined TV appearances or if the stations haven't asked her on. i can't imagine that they wouldn't ask her, so i suppose she's preparing for AT. wish she would take a small break!

[tinka69]

ok. a little surprising. but seriously...why 4 versions? is it really necessary?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by tinka69

ok. a little surprising. but seriously...why 4 versions? is it really necessary?

frankly I don't think it's at all , maybe avex want to test waters & see whether can NEXT LEVEL do well with 4 editions (they prob got scared after what happened to GUILTY)

it did worked but to a certain extent only

[*-_Ayu-fan_-*]

When comes the USB Sticks Out ?? ... the sales must be better

[Gkone01]

Today's rank: #2
Today's sales: 6193
2nd Week's Sales: 41 541
Total Sales: 282 351